Attenuator for my Mesa Rectoverb 50 combo....

[TheSandman]

Looking to do away with the distortion pedal and stick with rectoverb distortion. Was looking at either a hot plate or a weber attenuator, which one would better for my amp? What ohm do I need to get? I know your suppose to double the wattage so you don't burn up the attenuator.

[esp_gaijin]

i think the weber lets you switch ohms, i've never used one, i own hotplates and love them.

i have owned marshall pwerbrakes and they are LOUSY and ruin the sound.

on the hotplate i USE the bright switch but don't use the deep switch,
and this keeps my tone the same , = to tone without the device,
so i'm glad thd has the bright switch, and not sure of the need for the deep -- it adds bass that isn't there w/out the plate ime, where as the bright sw adds back the small amount of highs lost using an attenuator.

ohms, if hotplate, you must buy the ohm rating for YOUR CAB, not your head, your head can put out multiple ohmages, the cab is what you go by.

what is your cab? what ohm? stereo and mono ability? if so it has 2 or 3 ohmages, ie: a marshall 1960 today can be run 16 mono, 8 stereo, and 4 mono,
my mesa cab can run 8 mono or 4 stereo.

[cobrahead1030]

i also own a hotplate and really dig it so far...it sounds really great up to -12dB, but really starts to alter the tone a bit at -16 or higher; but atleast with my vht i find that -12 is enough to open the amp up for a good tone without going deaf

[TheSandman]

forgot I posted it this here, I'll give you an update.....

I bought the 8 ohm hotplate, which works with my rectoverb, sounded pretty good, but I kept reading about people saying they take away from the tone, I saw little tone loss, not too much. I posted this on the boogie board also, and people kept telling that I should have gotten an OD pedal and it would work good and not take away tone, and that it's a lot cheaper. So I took the hotplate back to GC and picked up a TS9 tube screamer, which I'm not happy with at all. I was much happier with the hotplate. I just can't get the tone out of the TS9. Maybe my settings aren't where they should be, but either way, I'm not digging it.

That and I can't take the TS9 back because I think the people at GC are getting tired of me taking stuff back every week:lol